Film Concerts & Film Music Concerts - What is that?

Film Concerts & Film Music Concerts - What is that?

The Film Concertpresents original and new compositions, which are performed live and synchronized to projection.

The centrepiece of our range of services consists of the film concert package, which includes both a print of the respective film and the associated music material. It also includes DVD/video material for rehearsals, PR material and clarification of the performance rights. Furthermore, we provide practical solutions for the technical realisation of the cinema projection in your house as well as overseeing its on-site set-up. Depending on your needs, you can either request our services on an individual basis or entrust us with the complete coordination of your project.

The Film Music Concert provides programs of film music, which are able to develop their own quality also without the film.

The EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE team develops its own concepts for film music concerts as well as working on commission. We carry out research on specific film music titles among music publishers worldwide or negotiate directly with the composers themselves. Furthermore, we organize the dramaturgical compilation of the titles and turn them into a programme. You can, however, also order individual titles from FILMPHILHARMONIC EDITION. In addition, we have built up our own film music archive and hold various titles that are not available for rent from publishers. To put the finishing touches to the programme, we also prepare presentation texts interweaving exciting film and music anecdotes with film history.

The EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE has been consistently researching original music, new scorings and restored film prints. In this endeavour, the company receives creative assistance from numerous composers, conductors, editors, arrangers, dramatic advisors, musicologists and filmologists.

The result of this work is the FILMPHILHARMONIC EDITION, a catalogue including over 100 film concerts and film music concerts. Projects for the EDITION are selected according to artistic considerations and the feasibility of potential performances, which depends, among other factors, on the condition of the material, the instrumentation and the specific legal situation. Our collection of material data relating to silent film projects and film music works is unique.

BAUHAUS 1919 — 100th Anniversary of the foundation in Weimar — Music and Visuals by Kandinsky, Mussorgsky and others.

BERLIN WALL’S FALL (30th Anniversary in 2019) Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (1927) — Film by Walter Ruttmann with music by Edmund Meisel. LOW/HEROES — A Berlin Hyper Cycle — Film, dance and music by Philip Glass, David Bowie and Brian Eno.

THE MATRIX LIVE 1999 — 20th Anniversary — Film in Concert with the original score by Don Davis.

THE GOLEM 1920 — 100th Anniversary — Film by Paul Wegener with music by Jens Troester.